Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
In 2022, then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted stirred controversy when he joined the board of a regional bank. He already had two official jobs with the state that paid $176,000. Why, critics asked, did he need another? And, because the executive branch he was part of regulates such banks, did he have a potential conflict of […]
Voters in 18 Ohio municipalities and townships will decide the future of data centers in their communities this Election Day. The deadline to file charter amendment petitions with Ohio’s city councils in time to make the Nov. 3 ballot passed Sept. 4. Registered voters in charter cities can file charter amendment petitions at any time, […]
Last week we learned that if Democrats retake Congress this November, they plan to move fast to address skyrocketing healthcare costs. This plan appears to center on three priorities: undoing punishing Medicaid cuts passed as part of the Orwellian-named One Big Beautiful Bill, bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies, and considering moving up the Medicare […]
Ohio U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno is drafting legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s new promise: $5,000 to every adult citizen if the Republicans maintain their majority in the midterms. Trump acknowledged in his speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday that this year’s elections are competitive. He offered an unprecedented incentive to […]
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically […]
Friday marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Around 3,000 people were killed that day, and nearly 10,000 more have died in the years since from 9/11-related illnesses connected to the collapse of the twin towers. In […]
Yemen’s Houthis Seize Entire Red Sea Coastline, Consolidating Power Over Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oil Prices Surge Toward $110 a Barrel as More Ships Are Struck Near Strait of Hormuz, At GOP Midterm Convention, Trump Asks Supporters to “Cheat Like Hell” to Win Election, Supreme Court Again Blocks Missouri from Using Gerrymandered Congressional Map in Midterms, […]
As part of our weeklong coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the launch of the United States’ so-called war on terror, we take a look at the human, financial and environmental costs of U.S. military intervention around the world with Neta Crawford, co-founder of Brown University’s Costs of War Project. […]
“The 'war on terror' was always a construct to be waged, never quite to be ended.” We discuss the origins and impacts of the global “war on terror,” launched by the U.S. government in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., with Spencer Ackerman, author of Reign of […]
In the five years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan following the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, millions of Afghan refugees have been forced out of neighboring Iran and Pakistan, where they had been living and “dumped at the border” without immediate access to food, water or shelter. At the same […]
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